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 Friday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 01:59 PM CEST - Jul,16 2004
  • After you install Security Update 839645, you may experience sharing violations and increased network traffic under Windows XP - After you install Security Update 839645, you may experience one or more of the following: The ToolTip feature may give the same file properties for files that are located on the network as for files that are located on your local computer. You may experience sharing violations if you try to open a file on a network share while another user is using ToolTip with the same file. You may experience an increase in network traffic. (Ed.note: I would recommend to disable tooltips completely)
  • Windows XP SP2 Build 2162 released to tester s- Microsoft have released a new build of Windows XP SP2 to official beta testers this evening. Although it was announced that the next build would be RTM it seems Microsoft want to gain some last minute feedback before the RTM in August. This build is interim between RC2 and RTM and will not be made available to public preview.
  • Online Hacker Shop Shuts Down - An online shop that was selling the source code for two computer programs has abruptly suspended its operations, citing a "redesign" of its "business model." The Source Code Club opened its doors on Monday, using an e-mail posting to an online discussion group to advertise the availability of source code and design documents for two products: the Dragon intrusion detection system (IDS) software from Enterasys Networks and peer-to-peer server and client software from Napster, now owned by Roxio. By Thursday, the group's Web page displayed a message saying the Club had ceased operations due to "fears our customers faced." According to Information Week, the group offered the Enterasys Dragon IDS 6.1 source code for $16,000 and the Napster code for $10,000 saying that it was flogging business intelligence.
  • Microsoft Shuts Down Spammer - Microsoft has won an almost $4 million verdict against a California man for trademark infringement, false advertising, and "cybersquatting" stemming from a spam campaign to distribute a desktop toolbar program on recipients' Windows desktops.
  • Oxford hackers face punishment - Two students from Oxford University are facing disciplinary action after hacking into the university's computer. They could be fined L500 or be suspended after infiltrating the system and publishing their story in a student newspaper. First-year students Patrick Foster and Roger Waite say they wanted to expose the weakness in the IT system.
  • Police seize church computers - Police have raided a seminary near Vienna, confiscated computer kit and arrested a priest they think was involved in a child porn ring. They are believed to have uncovered some 40,000 pornographic photos and numerous videos on the computers. Some church officials are also concerned that some of the photos show candidates for the priesthood kissing, fondling each other and playing sex games with their instructors.
  • Half-Life 2 Arrests Follow-up - Investigations are continuing, with those involved found to have links with similar crimes. Valve is preparing to sue the hackers for damages, while working towards an end-of-summer release date for Half-Life 2 - widely considered the most anticipated shooter in PC gaming history.
  • Sony to Test-Produce Blu-Ray Discs in U.S. - Sony Corp. plans to set up test production lines for Blu-ray Discs in the United States this autumn, company officials said Wednesday. The trial production facility will be set up in Sony's digital versatile disc plant in Indiana. It will make a single-layer Blu- ray Disc with a storage capacity of 25 gigabytes and a 50GB dual- layer type.
  • The Sad State of the PC Audio Industry - While Creative does appear to have monopolized the audio market, who's fault is that? Sure we can all blame Creative, a company I have a personal vendetta against, but it really isn't their fault. While they are far from having a superior product, their Audigy 2 just simply works in games and works well at that. The Audigy 2 holds the crown as the gaming card because it's practically the only gaming card available. Competition drives the market, with a lack of serious competition; Creative doesn't have to do much to keep their crown.
  • Weekly Buyer's Guide: Mid-Range System - July 2004 - AnandTech has updated their Weekly Buyer's Guide: Mid-Range System for July 2004.
  • Crucial Unveils DDR 500MHz, DDR2 667MHz Products - Initially Crucial will offer 4 memory module types in the Ballistix lineup: PC3200, PC4000, PC2-4200 and PC2-5300. Every Crucial Ballistix module comes with a custom-designed aluminum heat spreader, dome decal case badge and decorative sticker. The following SKUs are available now from Crucial's online store: Crucial Ballistix PC3200 (400MHz), CL2 2-2-6, currently priced at $74.99 for 256MB, and $138.99 for 512MB; Crucial Ballistix PC4000 (500MHz), CL2.5 4-4-8, currently priced at $77.99 for 256MB, and $144.99 for 512MB; Crucial Ballistix PC2-4200 (533MHz), CL3 3-3-10, currently priced at $118.99 for 256MB, and $228.99 for 512MB; Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (667MHz), CL4 4-4-10, currently priced at $124.99 for 256MB, and $238.99 for 512MB.
  • Sony Ericsson launches K500, S710a, and Z500i - The first of the new phones is the K500. Measuring 102 x 46 x 14 mm and weighing 80 grams, the K500 is targeted at multimedia users. The candybar-designed phone sports a 128 x 160 pixel 16-bit color TFT display specifically intended for gaming, which is backed up by 12 MB of RAM for users to install either 2D or 3D Java-based games. The battery is rated for up to 8 hours of talk time or 300 hours standby. They also have unveiled the P910 smartphone which combines PDA, email, web browsing and mobile phone.
  • Samsung SGH-D410C Phone review - HardwareZoom has posted a review of the Samsung SGH-D410C Phone.
  • Radeon 9800 Pro Warning - ATI for sure launched a cheap version of the Radeon 9800 Pro ($170-$180) graphics card. Fantastic price, yet a way too low price. It's a Radeon 9800 pro alright, yet equipped with 128-bit memory where it should be 256-bit. Basically frame buffer bandwidth is cut in half and despite full eight pipes it's placing itself in the mid-range segment as core and memory clocks are lowered also. This will have a serious effect on overall performance.
  • Nvidia said to be working on GeForce 6800 LE - Nvidia is preparing a lesser version of its GeForce 6800 chip, the latest version of the company's drivers are reported to reveal. According to Chinese-language web site GZeasy, version 62.01 of Nvidia's drivers, which leaked out of the company recently, lists the GeForce 6800 LE among the supported GPUs.
  • ABIT AA8 DuraMAX & ASUS P5AD2 Premium Shoot-Out - HotHardware has posted a shoot-out between two high-end i925X motherboards from the Abit and Asus, the AA8 DuraMAX and the P5AD2 Premium.
  • Corsair TwinX-1024 3200XL PRO: nForce3-250 v. Intel-875 - The Madshrimps take Corsair latest memory for a spin on an Athlon 64 and Intel Prescott system. Do tight timings still provide the best performance? "For those looking fondly back upon Winbond BH-5 days, I say to you smile, better days are here. I give Corsair's Twin-X1024 3200XLPRO 10 out of 10. The memory ran completely stable, albeit an AMD or Intel system. While the price may seem slightly high, the fact is your getting several products in one aesthetically unique package; PC3200-LL, PC3500-LL, PC3700-LL and PC4000 all running from CAS 2.0."
  • Massive memory module mega test - TrustedReviews let us know they have compared 18 pairs of dual channel memory kits.
  • HIS x800XT IceQ II (LE) review - It's full name: HiS Excalibur x800 XT IceQ II VIVO 256 MB GDDR3 (Limited Edition) with Video In and Out (VIVO) and of course that lovely IceQ II cooling solution.
  • HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO review - Viper Lair has posted a review of HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO.
  • Gainward FX 5900XT Ultra/1100X - TrustedReviews have posted a review of the Gainward GeForce FX 5900XT Ultra/1100XT Golden Sample graphics card.
  • XGI Volari V8 Reference Card review - PC Stats has posted a review of XGI Volari V8 Reference Card.
  • BFG Technologies GeForce 6800 Ultra OC review  - The 6800GT is a very viable option for all but the most serious of gamers in that most GT owners are coming close to reaching 6800 Ultra reference design speeds or better. BFG gives their 6800 Ultra a bit of a core boost but the memory is where a serious gamer has some nice headroom to get even more bandwidth. The dual DVI outputs are exclusive to the 6800 Ultra as well.
  • Philips PSC725 Ultimate Edge 24 bit Soundcard - It's based on the Envy24 GT chipset from VIA, and capable of 24 bit resolution with 96 kHz sample rate.
  • Plextor PX-712SA DVD Writer review  - T-Break has posted a review on the Plextor PX-712SA DVD Writer.
  • Aopen's XC Cube review - Aopen's XC Cube Barebones is unbeatable design- and feature-wise. With a Linux OS that comes included, five seconds are all you need to get the DVD player, TV/radio tuner and other goodies up and running.
  • Lilliput 7" Wide Screen VGA TFT LCD with Touch Screen review - The 7" VGA TFT LCD display features a resistive touch screen, making it easy to view and control basic applications with one compact device.
  • i-rocks 800 dpi Optical Mouse review - Budah's LAN room take a look at the new i-rocks IR-7300 optical mouse.
  • Logitech Bluetooth Cordless MX Duo review - Design Technica has posted a review of Logitech Bluetooth Cordless MX Duo.
  • X-Trac MadWax review  - The typical gamer may try different mice to find the performance edge they're looking for, but the serious gamer knows that it goes a lot further. While a good mouse is part of a serious competitor's arsenal, what liesunderneath is just as important. X-Trac has come to the rescue with MadWax. It's designed to keep your mousing surface ultra-slick surface and requires a minimum of upkeep while keeping your mouse gliding along smoothly.
  • Nikon D70 Digital SLR review - PyroPort.com takes a look at Nikon's D70 Digital SLR.
  • 5 Windows processes described -  I am not a Geek explains 5 Windows processes: lsass.exe, csrss.exe, smss.exe, spoolsv.exe, and internat.exe.
  • Doom3 Wallpapers - Doom3Center have posted three new Doom3 Wallpapers.
  • PDF SpeedUp for Adobe Reader 1.00 - PDF SpeedUp (download) allows you to significantly speed up the time it takes to load Adobe Reader. If you notice that when the Reader starts it loads many plug-ins which you may or may not need, this program simply disables the plug-ins and loads only the absolute necessary ones so the program starts quickly.
  • Google Toolbar 2.0.112 - Search Google from this toolbar as well as block popups, autofill forms and more.
  • Pop Goes The Gmail 1.0 - Pop Goes the Gmail is a program that sits between the http://gmail.com web server and your email client, converting messages from web format into POP3 format that a program such as Outlook Express or Thunderbird can understand.
  • DivX 5.2 + Dr.DivX 1.05 - DivX (changelog ~ DivX5.2Win2k/XP ~ DivX5.2Win98/ME ~ Dr.DivX v1.05) is a package that includes all the DivX codec, player, utilities, and documentation that you need to play DivX files. DivX codec is based on the MPEG-4 compression standard. This codec can reduce an MPEG-2 video (DVD format) to ten percent of its original size. DivX is a digital video compression technology based on the ISO MPEG-4 standard.
  • BlindWrite Suite 5.2.1 (shw) - Blindwrite Suite (download) is the best set of tools to reproduce or clone any CD, even protected ones. Blindwrite Suite is the most powerfull tool to create a perfect copy from your original CD for personal private copy.
  • Nvidia ForceWare 62.11 Beta - The files are dated 07/09/2004 and will work with all ranges of Nvidia cards. I haven't had time to test these fully and remember they are not WHQL so please be careful about using them on production systems.
  • Nvidia nForce1/2/3 System Drivers 5.03 WHQL - Station-Drivers has posted a new set of nForce drivers (mirror) version 5.03 WHQL for windows XP/2k supporting the following chipsets:  nForce 220, nForce 220D, nForce 415 and nForce 420D nForce2 and nForce2 400 nForce2 Ultra and nForce2 Ultra 400 nForce2 400R and nForce2 Ultra 400Gb nForce3 150 and nForce3 PRO 150 nForce3 250, nForce3 250Gb and nForce3 PRO 250. You can also find a nice remix pack here (download) because there are some newer files in the 4.40 beta. (thanks Warp2Search)
  • Volari BIOS v1.02.20 - Here's a new BIOS for the XGI Volari Series, version 1.02.20.

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